drgarage1
Not a real doctor. Lives in garage.
It was described as a sour Brett saison aged on cherries and blended with sour wit beers for 16e. I would think such a description would not lead both judges to conclude its sourness and acidity was a flaw, as sourness is absolutely allowed and encouraged in the category.Sounds like a Cat 23 or Cat 16e entry to me. I find most judges don't really understand the reason for 16e. I'm done entering 16e at this point and will wait for the new guidelines.
In my experience most judges are not qualified to judge feral/funky/sour beers.
Clearly 16e is a waste of time, which is SARA's joke with that label.
I didn't enter as a fruit lambic in part because both the color and flavor contribution of the cherries were subtle. My feeling was that saison would be funny and earn my lowest scores ever, 16e would be accurate but perform poorly, and geueze would be highest scoring but least accurate. This was true.